Series looking at key events in history. In January 1956 members of a remote Amazonian tribe brutally killed five American Christian missionaries. Show more

In the spring of 1997, there were riots on the streets of Albania after the collapse of unregulated investment schemes which had swallowed up the savings of much of the population. Show more

Eyewitness accounts of key events in history. During WW2 a Hungarian Jewish underground organisation produced thousands of fake documents to help Jews escape the Nazis. Show more

Heavily armed gunmen attacked buses carrying the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team and match officials in Pakistan in 2009. Rebecca Kesby hears from two survivors. Show more

French obstetrician Dr Michel Odent believed childbirth was too medicalised. So in 1977 he began encouraging women to use water to ease the pain of labour. Show more

Plans to expand a golf course led to a stand-off between Mohawk protestors and the authorities in Quebec, which lasted all summer long. Show more

In 1961 Alfredo Duran was one of several hundred Cuban exiles who invaded their homeland in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro. Show more

Series looking at key events in history. The Woodstock music festival symbolised much of the idealism of the 1960s. Hear from one man whose life was changed by those three days. Show more

Yukio Mishima was a celebrated author who killed himself in very public circumstances in Tokyo in 1970. Henry Scott Stokes knew him well, but still cannot understand his death. Show more

In 1989 the Observer journalist was arrested and accused of spying for Britain. Also accused was a nurse, Dee Parish. 6 months later Bazoft was executed by the Iraqi authorities. Show more

When Danuta Maczka was 14 years old, she and her family were sent from Poland to Siberia by Soviet troops. But by the time she was 16, she was fighting the Nazis. Show more

For ordinary Iraqis, the US-led invasion which began in March 2003 was a time of fear and insecurity. Robin Lustig hears one girl's story of bombing, prayers and boredom. Show more

When Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Iran in 1980, he said his war would be over in days or weeks. But it lasted for much longer, and claimed many thousands of lives. Show more

The Biafran war of independence lasted for almost three years and split Nigeria. Hear one child's eye view of the conflict. Show more

On 27 January 1973, a ceasefire took effect in Vietnam, following the intense bombing of North Vietnam by American B-52s. Ha Mi, ten at the time, recalls the 'Christmas Bombings'. Show more

In 1964 a young Scot joined a plot to assassinate the Spanish dictator, General Franco. But the plot failed and he ended up in jail in Spain. Show more

February 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese. Tens of thousands of Commonwealth soldiers became prisoners of war. Most were set to work in prison camps across South East Asia. Show more

In 1977 independence activists from Indonesia's Molucca islands took control of a primary school in Holland. They wanted to force the Dutch government to support their cause. Show more

In 1846, a group of American pioneers were trying to reach California when they were trapped by snow over the winter. Show more

Rupan Deol Bajaj was the first woman in India to bring a case of sexual harassment to trial. It took nearly 17 years before she eventually won. Show more